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Gemariah

There are two people of this name:

1.
The son of Shaphan who tried to save Jeremiah's scroll from being burnt up (Jer. 36: 10 ff.).
2.
The son of Hilkiah who took Jeremiah's letter to Babylon to encourage the exiles to settle down (Jer. 29: 3).

Yahweh could be worshipped there and the destruction of his Temple did not imply the impossibility of Jewish worship elsewhere.